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every right to ask for their resignations. >> we learned this week that generalmichaelflynnwasworking as a foreign agent last year while he was advising president trump's campaign. flynn notified the transition team and the white house lawyers about the work he had done for turkey, but this information was not disclosed to the public nor did he file the proper paperwork until this week. does this trouble you at all that the national security adviser has been until recently a paid advocate for a foreign government? >> jake, there's a lot of things about our relations with russia that trouble me a lot. for example, why was the provision in the platform that called for the provision of defensive weapons to yukraine. there were a whole lot of aspects with russia and vladimir putin that requires scrutiny. and so far i don't think the american people have gotten all the answers. in fact, there's a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede. >> do you think general flynn advocating on behalf of turkey in that way was part of the whole russian situation? >> i don't know. i know that he

every right to ask for their resignations. >> we learned this week that general michael flynn was working as a foreign agent last year while he was advising president trump's campaign. flynn notified the transition team and the white house lawyers about the work he had done for turkey, but this information was not disclosed to the public nor did he file the proper paperwork until this week. does this trouble you at all that the national security adviser has been until recently a paid...

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, obviouslygeneralflynn, but,again. >> right, during the campaign and before the election. >> i'm not aware of any at this time. but even general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. obviously there has been discussion of paul manafort who played a very limited role for a

, obviously general flynn, but, again. >> right, during the campaign and before the election. >> i'm not aware of any at this time. but even general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. obviously there has been discussion of paul manafort who played a very limited role for a

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talked about. we havemr.flynnlyingabout his contacts, also accepting money. if any one of these three individuals -- here's how it works. if any of them did violate the law, sooner or later the fbi and the doj are going to come to them, offer them some kind of immunity, and then we get to the watergate question -- >> ambassador -- >> -- what did the president know, when did he know it? >> give me a break. erin, hold on. we have to deal with reality and facts here. if you're claiming an individual talking to a foreign government automatically is watergate, which i can't even believe we're having that discussion as the ambassador is implying, hillary clinton would have had 50 watergates because of the clinton foundation and all the money that came into her foundation while she was at the state department and while she was running for president. so if democrats are going to claim this, they might want to look at their own house first. there's nothing wrong with having a conversation while you're running for president with other foreign leaders or people in your campaign. that does

talked about. we have mr. flynn lying about his contacts, also accepting money. if any one of these three individuals -- here's how it works. if any of them did violate the law, sooner or later the fbi and the doj are going to come to them, offer them some kind of immunity, and then we get to the watergate question -- >> ambassador -- >> -- what did the president know, when did he know it? >> give me a break. erin, hold on. we have to deal with reality and facts here. if...

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. mr. comey, are you aware of any evidence thatgeneralflynnpriorto the inauguration ever communicated to the russian government or russian government official that the trump administration in the future would release, rescind, or reverse u.s. sanctions against russia or ever made any offer of a quid pro quo for releasing, rescinding, reversing sanctions against russia? >> that's not something i can comment on, mr. turner. >> why is that? >> i'm trying very hard not to talk about anything that relates to a u.s. person or that might rule in or rule out things that might be investigating. please don't -- please don't interpret my no comment as meaning this or meaning that. i just can't comment. >> mr. comey, there are statutes, guidelines and procedures concerning what does it take for the fbi to open up the counter intelligence investigation into a u.s. citizen. it's not just subject to discretion. you can't just say, well, let's go look at somebody. you have to have a basis. you have now informed us that you have opened a counter intelligence investigation into the trump c

. mr. comey, are you aware of any evidence that general flynn prior to the inauguration ever communicated to the russian government or russian government official that the trump administration in the future would release, rescind, or reverse u.s. sanctions against russia or ever made any offer of a quid pro quo for releasing, rescinding, reversing sanctions against russia? >> that's not something i can comment on, mr. turner. >> why is that? >> i'm trying very hard not to talk...

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that manafort andalsoflynnarenow clearly under some sort of investigation. one of them will talk. and if there is evidence of collusion or cooperation or conspiracy, they will talk about that. and so i think one of the reasons why the trump campaign is sort of not distancing -- not sort of throwing manafort under the bus but sort of -- you know, they're not even critical of flynn anymore is because they don't know if flynn or manafort is willing to talk to federal investigators about what they know. that's the next step. >> also under investigation -- also under investigation they're going to find out whoever was surveilling the president and i think that person's going to be in a lot of trouble. >> we will be happy to report when all of this develops. great to see you guys. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> racing against the clock, hours to go before the house vote on republican plans to repeal and replace obamacare and president trump trying to seal the deal with undecided republicans. cnn's web count shows the numbers are not looking good at the moment. 27 house republicans

that manafort and also flynn are now clearly under some sort of investigation. one of them will talk. and if there is evidence of collusion or cooperation or conspiracy, they will talk about that. and so i think one of the reasons why the trump campaign is sort of not distancing -- not sort of throwing manafort under the bus but sort of -- you know, they're not even critical of flynn anymore is because they don't know if flynn or manafort is willing to talk to federal investigators about what...

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house thatmichaelflynn, thenow ousted nsa director was someone who could be open to blackmail. why? because we know he told mike pence the vice president and told administration officials had he not talks to the russian ambassador about sanctions. turned out he did and that led to him being fired. >> can they get their act together on the house side? you've heard the ranking democrat, adam schiff say he thinks the chairman should at least recuse himself from this entire investigation. >> right. so once you have the top democrats saying that the chairman should reduce himself and he doesn't, i don't understand where a functioning committee comes after that. it doesn't make sense. sure, they could try to get their act together. trey is right. i just think though it is the house side is done with this. from trust among the american public that they're getting a full, thorough, fair nonpartisan investigation, i think that's done on the house side. i think we need to start look together senate. >> devin nunes shows no sign of accepting that recommendation for him to recuse himself.

house that michael flynn, the now ousted nsa director was someone who could be open to blackmail. why? because we know he told mike pence the vice president and told administration officials had he not talks to the russian ambassador about sanctions. turned out he did and that led to him being fired. >> can they get their act together on the house side? you've heard the ranking democrat, adam schiff say he thinks the chairman should at least recuse himself from this entire investigation....

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been forthcoming about it. the other person was generalmichaelflynnthenational security adviser who had to resign as a result. why do you think senior officials in the trump administration keep failing in being forth coming in conversations with the russians. >> i don't know about the others that you mention because i don't know who they met with and who they talked to. i can tell you about senator sessions and that's what ambassadors do. i run into dozen of ambassadors a year. they're out there trying to reach people and talk to them. it is not unusual for a member of the senate to meet with an ambassador. now, obviously, he in a senate committee said he had not been in contact with anyone. that turned out to be inaccurate. and that i think is what became problematic in terms of the way he answered that question in committee. i don't believe it was intentional in any way because at the end of the day it was not the kind of thing that jeff sessions does and it's not the kind of thing that would be easy to hide, nor would there be any reason to. but again we've got been to the po

been forthcoming about it. the other person was general michael flynn the national security adviser who had to resign as a result. why do you think senior officials in the trump administration keep failing in being forth coming in conversations with the russians. >> i don't know about the others that you mention because i don't know who they met with and who they talked to. i can tell you about senator sessions and that's what ambassadors do. i run into dozen of ambassadors a year....

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ambassador, questions are now swirling aboutmichaelflynn'sworkfor the government of turkey and whether the president knew. >> just so we're clear, you wouldn't -- the general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. how would anyone know -- >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer arguing flynn's lobbying activities worth more than half a million dollars, were a private matter. >> thaes another up for us to determine. that's up for them and their counsel to determine if they engaged in activities in the past or whatever it is. >> reporter: spicer unable to answer other key questions about flynn. >> did flynn disclose he was acting as a foreign agent in the security clearance review before he became nsa? >> i don't know the answer to that question. that's something you should follow up with general flynn on. >> reporter: the vice president telling fox news he only learned of flynn's business ties to turkey this week from a news report. >> let me say hear that story today was the first i heard of it, and i fully support the decision president trump made for hi

ambassador, questions are now swirling about michael flynn's work for the government of turkey and whether the president knew. >> just so we're clear, you wouldn't -- the general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. how would anyone know -- >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer arguing flynn's lobbying activities worth more than half a million dollars, were a private matter. >> thaes another up for us to determine. that's up for them and...

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flynnconversationcome out then? >> that is why we understanding to routine surveillance of a russian diplomat. >> but even in that case general flynn's name should have been masked in that and so it was leaked out. it's either an intentional move by a political appointee or indirect play -- >> jason, this is -- jason, this is exactly the way that the house intelligence chairman devin nunn es wanted the committee hearing to go today, to do exactly what you just said, for that to be the message. >> i love you, brother, but to say that there was nothing new in this hearing today when the director of the fbi said publicly under oath that the president of the united states was wrong when he tweeted that his predecessor wiretapped him and that's not just his opinion but the opinion of the trump justice department, i'd say that's pretty new. never mind the fact that he formally confirmed that there has been an investigation at the justice department going on of your former campaign, the former boss. >> but had walked back and said he's talking about surveillance overall and spicer f

flynn conversation come out then? >> that is why we understanding to routine surveillance of a russian diplomat. >> but even in that case general flynn's name should have been masked in that and so it was leaked out. it's either an intentional move by a political appointee or indirect play -- >> jason, this is -- jason, this is exactly the way that the house intelligence chairman devin nunn es wanted the committee hearing to go today, to do exactly what you just said, for...

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flynn. ifhe thinks nothing wrong was done why did he fire his national security advisor within 30 days. >> do we get this independent commission that you have a republican calling for. >> it's a drip, drip, drip, almost every day on this thing and the trump administration hasn't at all been proactive on this. they basically react to whatever is in the paper. you have republicans who want to go after the leakers rather than look at the substance of a lot of leaks that are coming out on this. in the meantime this is contributing to sort of the chaos and uncertainty. not only in the stock market, but also on capitol hill where this goes. if you're a democrat thinking about working with administration why would you want to with this cloud hanging over this administration. >> thanks to all. you have eight days in a row of stocks dropping. trump has been proud of and obviously taking a hit because of health care and other things. >>> why ted cop el says shawn hannity is bad to his face and donald trump making a visit to one of his own golf courses. does he no longer stand by this. >> ho

flynn. if he thinks nothing wrong was done why did he fire his national security advisor within 30 days. >> do we get this independent commission that you have a republican calling for. >> it's a drip, drip, drip, almost every day on this thing and the trump administration hasn't at all been proactive on this. they basically react to whatever is in the paper. you have republicans who want to go after the leakers rather than look at the substance of a lot of leaks that are coming...

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flynn, probablyfurther conversation with jeff sessions. i don't believe he has the deep and long standing ties that the other people do, but we should be able to talk to them. >> carter page, is he somebody. >> he would be on that list, absolutely. >> oh and paul manafort joined the trump campaign in march of 2016, brought years of political experience to the job including the consulting work the fbi is now looking at. brianna keeler has more. >> reporter: long before paul manafort was campaign manager or facing scrutiny for ties to russia, javr saw the con jennings floor for gerald ford. worked on ronald reagan's campaign and managed bob dole's 1996 republican convention. attempted unsuccessfully to push cli bill clinton out of white house. he was task ds with smoothing things in over ahead of the republican convention. >> there will be no floor fight. everybody is united. you saw the republican party coming together. >> the very reason he was brought on the trump campaign in the spring of 2016. faced opposition within his own party that threatened to spit over during nomination

flynn, probably further conversation with jeff sessions. i don't believe he has the deep and long standing ties that the other people do, but we should be able to talk to them. >> carter page, is he somebody. >> he would be on that list, absolutely. >> oh and paul manafort joined the trump campaign in march of 2016, brought years of political experience to the job including the consulting work the fbi is now looking at. brianna keeler has more. >> reporter: long before...

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. it goes tomichaelflynn, goesto a lot of things. the transition team, it was horrible. with all due respect to my friend jason who was on the transition team at that time, they failed to do their job and do it adequately. now you get to a point you have cases which are open and people leaving today. we have these day to day line attorneys that work every single day to make these cases on behalf of the federal government. and yes, they are trying to prosecute terrorism and, yes, they are trying to prosecute child sexual conduct, children sexual conduct and exploitations. now they're left without any guide, any direction whatsoever? you have high-profile cases not just right here in new york, but throughout the country that are going on that these united states attorneys are leading that now they have no home. >> all right. we'll find out perhaps in next few days what the justice department intend to do. next, late word on the president's wiretap allegations. we were just talking about them. a new big flashing sign that lawmakers investigating it may be losing their patience with the

. it goes to michael flynn, goes to a lot of things. the transition team, it was horrible. with all due respect to my friend jason who was on the transition team at that time, they failed to do their job and do it adequately. now you get to a point you have cases which are open and people leaving today. we have these day to day line attorneys that work every single day to make these cases on behalf of the federal government. and yes, they are trying to prosecute terrorism and, yes, they are...

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meeting between the russian ambassador andmichaelflynn, anddonald trump's son-in-law, now a senior adviser at white house. this was not disclosed when there were questions about the flynn talks. told me not aware of this at the time and not brought to their attention until later. and learning there was in fact a conversation between donald trump's national security advisers on the campaign and ambassador around the republican convention last summer. not going to end here. even though jeff sessions explained himself and recused himself. it's clear that the russian story and shadow it's casting over the white house will continue. >> bring in robert ray, john flannery, and attorney stewart kaplan. good evening. thank you all for coming on this evening. robert, i want to play another clip from attorney general's interview on fox tonight. here it is. >> i have not had any such meetings, not meeting with russian officials on a continuing basis to advance any campaign agenda. sometime before that i had met in my office in official way with the russian ambassador. and so that was the answe

meeting between the russian ambassador and michael flynn, and donald trump's son-in-law, now a senior adviser at white house. this was not disclosed when there were questions about the flynn talks. told me not aware of this at the time and not brought to their attention until later. and learning there was in fact a conversation between donald trump's national security advisers on the campaign and ambassador around the republican convention last summer. not going to end here. even though jeff...

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. only two times it mentioned wiretapping was in conjunction with sergey kislyak which ishowflynngotcaught up, monitoring russian ambassador which is normal intelligence. said nothing about monitoring american citizen. second time, only mentioned wiretap twice, second time with jeff sessions said that jeff sessions, at that time a nominee would be the only person in the government authorized to seek foreign intelligence wiretaps on american soil. mentioned twice. one talking about kislyak and other time saying only person who could authorize those would be jeff sessions. does not say what you and other trump surrogates are saying it says. it doesn't say that. >> and we know there was fisa requests as well. >> we don't know that. >> not going to get into that debate with you -- >> that's not true andre. saying something else we don't know to be true as well. >> still don't know how russia got involved in the elections or if they did. >> no we don't know. that's true. what everyone has been reporting. >> but again -- except the intelligence agencies do believe. that russia influen

. only two times it mentioned wiretapping was in conjunction with sergey kislyak which is how flynn got caught up, monitoring russian ambassador which is normal intelligence. said nothing about monitoring american citizen. second time, only mentioned wiretap twice, second time with jeff sessions said that jeff sessions, at that time a nominee would be the only person in the government authorized to seek foreign intelligence wiretaps on american soil. mentioned twice. one talking about kislyak...

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national security adviser,michaelflynn, hisconversations with the russians, sean spicer was asked about sally yates today. here is how he responded in the daley briefing. >> i know this would be a shocker. part of it is that i think we have been very clear. when you actually get to the bottom of the facts, every single person that's been briefed on this, they have been very clear there is no connection between the president or the staff here and anyone doing anything with russia. i think that the view here was great, go share what you know. thelers they published back up exactly what we are saying. she was asked about this information. her attorney asked the doj and they said she had to ask the white house. if you don't do this, we are going to go forward. we had no objection it her going forward. >> let's go to manu raju in washington, our senior congressional correspondent. back up. these ac significanccusations te house wanted to block her testimony, where did that come from? >> it quam in the aftermacame ia surprising decision where sally yates was expected to testify as

national security adviser, michael flynn, his conversations with the russians, sean spicer was asked about sally yates today. here is how he responded in the daley briefing. >> i know this would be a shocker. part of it is that i think we have been very clear. when you actually get to the bottom of the facts, every single person that's been briefed on this, they have been very clear there is no connection between the president or the staff here and anyone doing anything with russia. i...

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operatives and that have had shifty denials about these r those meetings. remembermichaelflynnsaidhe called over christmas, a courtesy call. then it became a series of calls. then it was we talked about with sanctions. then we found out this week that he also met in trump tower with him. and question is why all of these denials, why all of these claims if nothing is really there. >> if there is some sort of coverup here, what could they don't want us to know? they of course being the trump administration. >> well, the allegation is that there is collusion between the trump campaign and russia because russia certainly meddled in america's election with hacking and it was to the benefit of donald trump's campaign. and the question was is there coordination. and if there was, it's a serious, serious allegation that the united states president would have been involved in illegitimately affecting an election outcome. >> so what could the white house or the president do or say to make it crystal clear this is government business as usual? >> i think at this point the only thing that will m

operatives and that have had shifty denials about these r those meetings. remember michael flynn said he called over christmas, a courtesy call. then it became a series of calls. then it was we talked about with sanctions. then we found out this week that he also met in trump tower with him. and question is why all of these denials, why all of these claims if nothing is really there. >> if there is some sort of coverup here, what could they don't want us to know? they of course being the...

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ambassador in december. also in on that meeting, the former head of the nsa,michaelflynnwhowas fired for misleading the administration about his conversations with the ambassador. a senior administration official tells cnn kushner's meeting lasted about ten minutes and characterized it as a introductory meeting. >> why does any of this snaert because at least some of those meetings occurred while the trump administration's with russia was urnder scrutiny. there is still some questions about whether yoourussia influe the election. >> i think the activity has been investigated up and down. the question becomes at some point if there's nothing to further vfs, whinvestigate, wha you asking people to investigate. >> how many times do i have to answer this question? russia is a ruse. i have nothing to do with russia. >> so what about that growing list of private meetings with the russian ambassador? trump campaign nsational securiy advisor has disclosed that he too met with kislyak at the republican national convention in july. he emphasized there wasn't any inappropriate chatter to help t

ambassador in december. also in on that meeting, the former head of the nsa, michael flynn who was fired for misleading the administration about his conversations with the ambassador. a senior administration official tells cnn kushner's meeting lasted about ten minutes and characterized it as a introductory meeting. >> why does any of this snaert because at least some of those meetings occurred while the trump administration's with russia was urnder scrutiny. there is still some...

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-law, jared kushner and the former security adviser,michaelflynn, wretwith the ambassador during a previously undisclosed meeting. sean spicer talked about two interactions between michael flynn and the russian ambassador. this meeting was not known and not disclosed to reporters at that time. that is new information as well. we should point out, as for the information we got from j.d. gordon, he did not have conversations about any sort of proquo colluded with the russians to help the trump campaign in the election. he said it was the kind of stuff he said as a national security analyst. interesting to note, he had a conversation with sarah huckabee sanders about the contacts he and other trump campaign advisers had over the summer. it's clear that this white house is trying to get a handle on how many of these trump campaign associates, advisers and so on had conversations with the russians. >> very important for sean spicer and the time line of michael flynn. interactions did not include the meeting with the russian ambassador. thank you jim acosta. now, i want to get to the det

-law, jared kushner and the former security adviser, michael flynn, wret with the ambassador during a previously undisclosed meeting. sean spicer talked about two interactions between michael flynn and the russian ambassador. this meeting was not known and not disclosed to reporters at that time. that is new information as well. we should point out, as for the information we got from j.d. gordon, he did not have conversations about any sort of proquo colluded with the russians to help the trump...

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about ousted national security advisermichaelflynn'sconversationswith the russian ambassador that were caught on s surveillance. >> do you know whether director clapper knew the name of the citizen that appeared in the "new york times" "washington post." >> i can't say in this forum. >> would the director brennan have the information. >> in? circumstances, yes. >> reporter: republicans wanting to deflect details regarding the investigation and to person most knowledgeable collusion between trump associates and russia, insisting there was a real crime in the leaks to the press. >> some of that may rise to the level of a crime, some of it does not rise to the level of a crime. one thing you and i agree on is the flenus investigation is most definitely a crime. >> reporter: from the beginning laying out a circumstantial argument about what they believe may have transpired. >> it wasn't that the russians had a negative preference against secretary clinton, they had a positive preference for donald trump. >> correct. >> what about for mr. putin? >> mr. putin likes people who like

about ousted national security adviser michael flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador that were caught on s surveillance. >> do you know whether director clapper knew the name of the citizen that appeared in the "new york times" "washington post." >> i can't say in this forum. >> would the director brennan have the information. >> in? circumstances, yes. >> reporter: republicans wanting to deflect details regarding the investigation...

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purge? the white house acknowledges that team trump newmichaelflynnlobbiedon behalf of a foreign power, turkey, during the campaign, but says the president did not know. let's get right to our breaking news. the surprise firings of dozens of u.s. attorneys tonight. here with me is jessica schneider and gloria coates. you have new reporting tonight, i understand, about the u.s. attorneys fired tonight. the issue here is how this request was handled, so what are your sources telling you? >> don, the people i've spoken with, they're really fl flabbergasted this happened so suddenly and so abruptly. we understand that during the day today it was acting deputy attorney general dana bente, he was working the phones trying to get the word out to some of these u.s. attorneys. the media reports got out, also a press release from the department of justice itself, and that's how some of the u.s. attorneys found out they would be asked for their resignation. they were given just a few hours to clean out their desks and get out, but what's also interesting about this, don, is that we understa

purge? the white house acknowledges that team trump new michael flynn lobbied on behalf of a foreign power, turkey, during the campaign, but says the president did not know. let's get right to our breaking news. the surprise firings of dozens of u.s. attorneys tonight. here with me is jessica schneider and gloria coates. you have new reporting tonight, i understand, about the u.s. attorneys fired tonight. the issue here is how this request was handled, so what are your sources telling you?...

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briefing. berating reporters and refusing to admit trump was wrong.andflynnnationalsecurity adviser who was fired, going to talk about that. first jim acosta, jim sciutto, kirsten powers, nia-malika henderson, andre bauer and jack kingston. jen psaki had to go. she had other obligations. thank her for the last hour and continue on. jim bring us up to date. you were at heated white house press briefing today trying to get answers as to why president trump refuses to back down from unproven claims he wiretapped by former president. listen to this. get you to talk about it. >> you're refusing the question, whether or not the president still believes what -- >> i just said it to jonathan. >> you have senate and house intelligence committee, both leaders from both parties on both panels saying they don't see any evidence of wiretapping, how can the president go on -- >> that's not. mischaracterizing what chairman nunez said, he said i think it's possible, follow up on it. you're stating -- >> literally said if you take the president literally, he is wrong. >> already cleared that up. but

briefing. berating reporters and refusing to admit trump was wrong. and flynn national security adviser who was fired, going to talk about that. first jim acosta, jim sciutto, kirsten powers, nia-malika henderson, andre bauer and jack kingston. jen psaki had to go. she had other obligations. thank her for the last hour and continue on. jim bring us up to date. you were at heated white house press briefing today trying to get answers as to why president trump refuses to back down from unproven...

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calling from the flat out resign. this is unfolding tw weo weeks aftermichaelflynnresignedalso over russian related meetings. pamela brown joins us with the latest. pamela, the attorney general that recused himself, why now? >> that's a good question, john. the only new data point between the time he became the top cop three weeks ago and today is the fact that the washington post reported last night, broke the story, he had two meetings with russia's ambassador and did not disclose during his confirmation hearing before the judiciary committee but today, he said that look, this is something that he's been having meetings about for weeks. he's tried to distance himself from any sort of controversy having to deal with the russians. basically saying that this decision came about because he was connected to the trump campaign as a surrogate and after talking to his staff, he felt like he had to recuse himself from an investigation involving the trump campaign but did not mention undisclosed heatihea meetings as a factor into this decision, despite weeks now, john, of politicians o

calling from the flat out resign. this is unfolding tw weo weeks after michael flynn resigned also over russian related meetings. pamela brown joins us with the latest. pamela, the attorney general that recused himself, why now? >> that's a good question, john. the only new data point between the time he became the top cop three weeks ago and today is the fact that the washington post reported last night, broke the story, he had two meetings with russia's ambassador and did not disclose...

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information we learned, jared kushner t president's son-in-law andmichaelflynn, theresigned national security adviser had an undisclosed meeting with the ambassador at trump tower in december. that was not disclosed to reporters in december. >> we didn't know about that. now we do. this is a lot of new information we are getting all at once, jim acosta. does the white house know one week ago they hadn't told us any of that. >> reporter: that's right thachlt is why we have gone back to the president repeatedly and asked him that question. this is the question i tried to ask back in january. you'll recall we tried to ask the question, did associates have contacts with the russians. he did not answer that question from me, ended up answering from somebody else. he said no, not yet. then he answered again where he was asked this question once again. he sort of dances around, offering a definitive answer on this. i think the reason why is so many of his associates, even his son-in-law, were having contacts and meetings with this russian ambassador that were previously undisclosed. it begs

information we learned, jared kushner t president's son-in-law and michael flynn, the resigned national security adviser had an undisclosed meeting with the ambassador at trump tower in december. that was not disclosed to reporters in december. >> we didn't know about that. now we do. this is a lot of new information we are getting all at once, jim acosta. does the white house know one week ago they hadn't told us any of that. >> reporter: that's right thachlt is why we have gone...

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aware ofgeneralflynn'sforeignlobbying ties and today the transition team was informed of -- >> there's a big difference when he filed, two days ago and what happened then. what the a.p. is reporting, just so we're clear is that a personal lawyer of general flynn's contacted a transitional lawyer and asked for guidance on what he should or should not do the lawyer instructed that wasn't the role of the transition and up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate lawyers or subject matter experts to determine what was appropriate and not appropriate in terms of filing, but this was a personal matter, a business matter not something appropriate for a government entity when they should file for an individual citizen. that was in guidance of what should be done and shouldn't be a shock to anybody if you're asked a government lawyer what you should do in your private capacity as a citizen they're going to tell you you should consult experts in that area to determine what you should or should not do. >> if the transition was aware of that advice why wasn't the president

aware of general flynn's foreign lobbying ties and today the transition team was informed of -- >> there's a big difference when he filed, two days ago and what happened then. what the a.p. is reporting, just so we're clear is that a personal lawyer of general flynn's contacted a transitional lawyer and asked for guidance on what he should or should not do the lawyer instructed that wasn't the role of the transition and up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate lawyers or...

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housebyflynnandwhat we know now from other reporting by the new york times was that h.r. mcmaster, tried to fire this person, tried to get him out of the white house and the president himself intervened to save his job. that's awkward. >> how would you put this together? how worried are you? >> i think we're looking largely at the wrong issue. what we're looking at is government by tweet and how does this work and whoknew what when and do they have to right to -- it doesn't matter much at all. what matters is what kicked this off which is whether the russians were interfering with our election. and we have heard from those who seemed to know, that if they tried they didn't succeed in affecting the outcome of the election. the russians have a program called disinformation, otherwise known as lying. they work very hard to -- >> mr. ambassador -- >> what's knew is doing this with cyber -- >> but also to be fair, i don't think they've come to a conclusion as to the impact on the election. but let me just -- >> fair enough. >> if ambassador, it is true that denver nunes -- th

house by flynn and what we know now from other reporting by the new york times was that h.r. mcmaster, tried to fire this person, tried to get him out of the white house and the president himself intervened to save his job. that's awkward. >> how would you put this together? how worried are you? >> i think we're looking largely at the wrong issue. what we're looking at is government by tweet and how does this work and whoknew what when and do they have to right to -- it doesn't...

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ousted national security advisermichaelflynn'sconversationswith the russian ambassador that were caught on surveillance. and even insinuating former obama appointees could be the source of the leaks. >> do you know whether director clapper knew the name of the u.s. citizen that appeared in the "new york times" and "washington post"? >> i can't say in this forum. >> would director brennan have access to an unmasked u.s. citizen's name? >> in some cases, yes. >> congressman trey gowdy providing no evidence to back up his accusations. >> it wasn't simply that the russians had a negative preference against secretary clinton, they also had a pr positive preference for donald trump. >> comey repeatedly tried to avoid going any further on what the investigation has uncovered. >> i'm not going to talk about any particular person here today. i can't answer that. >> reporter: perhaps anticipating outcry from democrats, comey sought to explain the different between today's testimony and when he spoke with the investigation of hillary clinton as you use of a private server. >> some folks may

ousted national security adviser michael flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador that were caught on surveillance. and even insinuating former obama appointees could be the source of the leaks. >> do you know whether director clapper knew the name of the u.s. citizen that appeared in the "new york times" and "washington post"? >> i can't say in this forum. >> would director brennan have access to an unmasked u.s. citizen's name? >> in some...

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review. >> reporter: part oftheflynntranscriptswith the russian ambassador? >> i haven't seen that. >> have you been briefed on that as a committee? >> i can't really talk about things classified so i can't answer that question but can assure you that vice chairman warner a democrat, and chairman burr a republican have committed to a bipartisan investigation, that's all anybody reasonable could ask for. >> reporter: are you going to ask about the question of wiretapping? >> i think all of that is part to have investigation. >> reporter: interesting, dana even the number two senate republican cannot say whether he believe it is president of the united states made an accurate claim of president obama surveilling him and i asked if he's seen any evidence that donald trump was wire trapped mcconnell's words, no, i have not. >> great rereportiporting, and recently quit after actions taken, ned was a senior spokesperson for the national security counsel and should note he has donate today the clinton campaign and democratic party. you said that the president's tweets on wiretapping were

review. >> reporter: part of the flynn transcripts with the russian ambassador? >> i haven't seen that. >> have you been briefed on that as a committee? >> i can't really talk about things classified so i can't answer that question but can assure you that vice chairman warner a democrat, and chairman burr a republican have committed to a bipartisan investigation, that's all anybody reasonable could ask for. >> reporter: are you going to ask about the question of...

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. you've got nunes. you'vegotflynn. andon and on and on. so many different aspects. and the leaking you want to look into as well. this goes to your point where you said 60 days into this administration and you've got all these people who are going to testify. but this nunes thing is perplexing to so many people because as a person who should have his hands clean in all of this, a person who's investigating, he's certainly not giving the appearance of that, david. >> first of all -- >> mark. sorry. >> i pass it off to david. >> is that what happened there? look, if you're a member of congress, you're never fully clean. your role is oversight but there's always politics at play. i think the big mistake that nunes made here was briefing the president before the he briefed members of his committee on what he says he has found. he hopes to have documentation by tomorrow. and if he has documentation he can show his committee what he has been looking at but has not possessed. >> isn't that getting ahead of yourself? isn't that getting out ahead of the investigation if you don't have the d

. you've got nunes. you've got flynn. and on and on and on. so many different aspects. and the leaking you want to look into as well. this goes to your point where you said 60 days into this administration and you've got all these people who are going to testify. but this nunes thing is perplexing to so many people because as a person who should have his hands clean in all of this, a person who's investigating, he's certainly not giving the appearance of that, david. >> first of all --...

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transition officials did in fact know aboutmichaelflynn'spotentialconflict of interest when he was working as a foreign agent for turkey. it was long before he was ousted as national security adviser as well. we'll have that conversation. stay close. featuring ego's patented, 56 the #1 rated,volt,power+ mower. arc lithium battery technology, it delivers the cutting-torque of gas. the ego mower's durable construction makes mowing in difficult conditions easy. the self-propelled model makes it effortless. and it folds flat in seconds for easy storage. the ego power+ mower. exclusively at the home depot and ego authorized dealers. here's to the wildcats this i gotta try .. bendy... spendy weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break direct at hilton.com and join the weekenders. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. to take advantage of thi

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ambassador, on the phone withmichaelflynn, theformer national security adviser. andsoflynnwaspicked up talking to the russian ambassador, who's under surveillance. but this is all routine work by intelligence agencies and fbi. this isn't, you know, they especially put the trump people under surveillance. we have no evidence that that happened. >> in fact, i just want to read the sentence in the article that you just talked about that i just think it's important to have the sentence. you wrote one official said intelligence reports based on some of the wiretap communications had been provided to the white house. i know you can't obviously get into your sources for your reporting, but the wiretapping you reference, that's the russians communicating theoretically with other russians but in one case i guess with flynn. >> much of it. i need to be a little careful here partly because our visibility is limited, obviously. i don't have the security clearance and can't see things personally. you know, these intelligence reports then go to the white house isn't that unusual either bec

ambassador, on the phone with michael flynn, the former national security adviser. and so flynn was picked up talking to the russian ambassador, who's under surveillance. but this is all routine work by intelligence agencies and fbi. this isn't, you know, they especially put the trump people under surveillance. we have no evidence that that happened. >> in fact, i just want to read the sentence in the article that you just talked about that i just think it's important to have the...

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administration. >> what has been leaked? >> look otwhat they did tomichaelflynn? >>nunes says this has nothing to do with russia. you are saying intelligence officers -- let me finish. intelligence officers in the cia, the nsa, people who have worked 20, 30, 40 years for this country are doing the obama administration's bidding. >> and it's true in the justice department. we saw early on that high ranking members of the justice department were disloyal to the new president and spoke against his policies. >> spoke against his policies. what a horror >> instructing their underlings to defy the president. >> this is such a side show from the real issue. how did this begin? did russia interfere with our elections? that is a concern everyone -- >> you're saying the phrase you don't believe russia interfered with our elections? >> yes, because it's an incorrect phrase. >> did russia tamper with our ballot boxes, with our voting machines? >> so interfering with public opinion is fine. stealing emails and releasing them strategically is fine for a foreign power. >> that's not the same as tampe

administration. >> what has been leaked? >> look otwhat they did to michael flynn? >> nunes says this has nothing to do with russia. you are saying intelligence officers -- let me finish. intelligence officers in the cia, the nsa, people who have worked 20, 30, 40 years for this country are doing the obama administration's bidding. >> and it's true in the justice department. we saw early on that high ranking members of the justice department were disloyal to the new...

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, we knew there was some incidental collection because lieutenant general michael dplmichaelflynnwascaught up talking with kislyak. does this go beyond that and qualify that what the president was tweeting about wiretapping? >> it definitely goes beyond what happened to general dplfly. we don't officially know what happened to general flynn, that was one of the things we asked for in the march 15th letter was for the nsa, cia, and fbi to get done, so far the fbi has not told us whether or not they're going to respond to our march 15th letter which is now a couple weeks old. >> again does this seem to describe what the president was talking about quote wiretapping which they then said was broader surveillance? >> what i've read seems to me to be some level of surveillance activity, perhaps legal, but i don't know that it's right and i don't know that the american people would be comfortable with what i've read but let us get the all the reports. >> chairman was the president personally involved? -- >> [crosstalking] >> the president said that president obama tapped his phones --

, we knew there was some incidental collection because lieutenant general michael dpl michael flynn was caught up talking with kislyak. does this go beyond that and qualify that what the president was tweeting about wiretapping? >> it definitely goes beyond what happened to general dplfly. we don't officially know what happened to general flynn, that was one of the things we asked for in the march 15th letter was for the nsa, cia, and fbi to get done, so far the fbi has not told us...

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about communications with the russians. first wasmichaelflynn. nowit's jeff sessions. but what he did was worse. he lied to congress. >> congressman, we'll get to that, but did you get any documents from the obama administration? >> i personally did not, but we will be inquiring and investigating based on the new "new york times" article. >> you're going to be investigating? does the republican head of that committee agree with you on that? >> we're certainly going to ask. and my hope is all republican chairs start investigations now, because where there is smoke, there is fire. when the smoke is so thick you can't see, you need to have investigations. you need to have special prosecutors. >> let's get to jeff sessions. you are calling on jeff sessions to resign his post. you also say that he's playing dumb here. i saw that in a tweet from you this morning. why do you say that? >> jeff sessions keeps changing his story. first it was that he didn't have any communications with russians. then it was, he had communications but didn't know what he said. and then last night he said, we

about communications with the russians. first was michael flynn. now it's jeff sessions. but what he did was worse. he lied to congress. >> congressman, we'll get to that, but did you get any documents from the obama administration? >> i personally did not, but we will be inquiring and investigating based on the new "new york times" article. >> you're going to be investigating? does the republican head of that committee agree with you on that? >> we're...

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michaelflynnsatdown with sergey kislyak at trump tower in december. senior administration official describes the meeting as, quote, inconsequential hello. flynn was later fired for misleading vice-president pence about their earlier discussions. and j.d. gordon, a national security advisor to the trump campaign, admitting he met with the russian ambassador during the gop convention in cleveland in july, along with advisors carter page and what lead faris. gordon claims there was no discussion of colluding with russia to help trump win. >> all right. this morning we are learning about a possible missed opportunity for the young trump administration to avoid some of these repeated accusations of ethical lapses. it turns out the transition team canceled an ethics training session for the white house staff days before the president took office. documents obtained by cnn reveal the general services administration planned to help cabinet nominees and employees work through their confirmation hearings and work effective little with congress and other federal agencies. that training was sc

michael flynn sat down with sergey kislyak at trump tower in december. senior administration official describes the meeting as, quote, inconsequential hello. flynn was later fired for misleading vice-president pence about their earlier discussions. and j.d. gordon, a national security advisor to the trump campaign, admitting he met with the russian ambassador during the gop convention in cleveland in july, along with advisors carter page and what lead faris. gordon claims there was no...

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flynnandit can't seem to escape the shadow of russia. here is jeff zerl any frleny fr white house. >> reporter: was president trump aware his first national security adviser general michael flynn was registered as a foreign agent to represent the goechld government of turkey? >> just so we're clear, you wouldn't -- general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. >> reporter: sean spicer said his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined the administration. although at the same time, he was advising the trump campaign last year. >> that is not up for the government to determine. there are certain private zints activities that you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. >> reporter: flynn's contract with the government of turkey ended after the election. spires dismissed a series of questions about the lobbying disclosure. >> person in line to be the national security adviser may need to register as a foreign agent and that didn't raise a red flag? >> it's not a question of raising a red flag. it's a question of whether or not the

flynn and it can't seem to escape the shadow of russia. here is jeff zerl any frleny fr white house. >> reporter: was president trump aware his first national security adviser general michael flynn was registered as a foreign agent to represent the goechld government of turkey? >> just so we're clear, you wouldn't -- general flynn filed with the department of justice two days ago. >> reporter: sean spicer said his lobbying business was private and took place before he joined...

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the heels ofgeneralflynnhavingto resign his office. it comes on the heels of the intelligence agency. >> some would argue it's not telling a full story. how is it different, avery? >> because he was put under oath. it makes it more serious. yes, it's not right because he was not under oath but the fact is they locked him under oath, he should appear again. i don't think he will because of the potential criminality of saying something again inconsistent with the facts and with the truth. >> we'll leave it right there. gentlemen, thank you so much. always great to see you every saturday. >> always great to see you too. >> appreciate it. >>> still ahead, we are learning more about what fishes in the trump administration actually knew about these allegations now coming from the sitting president. wiretapped allegations about his predecessor. stay with us. in my johnsonville commercial we open up in the forest. hi. i'm jeff. i'm eating my breakfast and all of a sudden a raccoon come up and ask me, "what are you eating?" i told him "johnsonville breakfast sausage, fully cooked." por

the heels of general flynn having to resign his office. it comes on the heels of the intelligence agency. >> some would argue it's not telling a full story. how is it different, avery? >> because he was put under oath. it makes it more serious. yes, it's not right because he was not under oath but the fact is they locked him under oath, he should appear again. i don't think he will because of the potential criminality of saying something again inconsistent with the facts and with...

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. >> breaking news, generalmichaelflynnofferingto break his silence, this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. president trump's form national security adviser who was fired now willing to be interviewed by the fbi. only if he is given immunity from prosecution. flynn's attorney in a statement saying, "no reasonable person who has the benefit of advice from counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution." cnn's senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny has more. jeff? >> reporter: don, tonight we're learning former national security adviser michael flynn is offering to testify before the house and senate intelligence committees and perhaps even the fbi in exchange for some type of immunity. we have a statement from his lawyer tonight. it says this. it says "general flynn certainly has a story to tell and he very much wants to tell it should the circumstances permit." some very interesting words there, general flynn certainly has a story to tell. now, of course, the whole point of this are the conve

. >> breaking news, general michael flynn offering to break his silence, this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. president trump's form national security adviser who was fired now willing to be interviewed by the fbi. only if he is given immunity from prosecution. flynn's attorney in a statement saying, "no reasonable person who has the benefit of advice from counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against...

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. >> reporter: national security advisermichaelflynnresignedafter less than a month when it was found he misled the administration about his talks with the russians. we now know the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, also attended a meeting with flynn and the russians just before the new year. and now it's been revealed that jeff sessions, the nation's top cop, also had contacts with the russians. he could have been the one to decide whether to charge anyone in connection with russian hacking of the presidential election. >> therefore i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> reporter: and there is this -- assertions by u.s. intelligence that russian cyber attacks on democratic party computers were aimed at influencing the outcome of the november vote. put it all together and that's why suspicions keep growing no matter how the white house dismisses them. now, it is important to note there is currently no proof any laws were broken or any influence peddled by anyone tied to the trump team. yet the question remains, was any kind of deal ever asked for

. >> reporter: national security adviser michael flynn resigned after less than a month when it was found he misled the administration about his talks with the russians. we now know the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, also attended a meeting with flynn and the russians just before the new year. and now it's been revealed that jeff sessions, the nation's top cop, also had contacts with the russians. he could have been the one to decide whether to charge anyone in connection with...

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, and whorevealedflynn'sidentity.>> one thing you and i agree on is the dissemination of classified information most definitely as a crime? >> with the president's account suggesting obama might have played a role in the leaks, tweeting fbi comey refuses to deny he briefed obama on calls made by michael flynn to russia. despite the cloud hanging over the white house, the administration is going to do its very best to try and change the subject today and focus on the plan to repeal and replace obamacare, and the president headed to capitol hill this morning, alisyn. >> thank you very much, joe. let's discuss all of this with cnn political commentator and former white house communicator, and matt schlap. now that director comey said there is no basis for president trump's accusation against president obama about wiretapping, why is the white house continuing to push it? >> well, i mean, i think what director comey said is he has no evidence that says barack obama wiretapped president trump, but he also said there was an investigation, and he finally publicly acknowledged th

, and who revealed flynn's identity. >> one thing you and i agree on is the dissemination of classified information most definitely as a crime? >> with the president's account suggesting obama might have played a role in the leaks, tweeting fbi comey refuses to deny he briefed obama on calls made by michael flynn to russia. despite the cloud hanging over the white house, the administration is going to do its very best to try and change the subject today and focus on the plan to...

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flynn, rogerstone to name a few. do they have ties to russia and will they come back? get to cnn reporter nia-malika henderson. and -- and david axelrod. nia start with you. walk us through the changes made to the health care bill. who are they aimed at winning over and are more changes coming here? >> if you listen to president trump says more changes coming. in some ways not something that paul ryan necessarily wants to hear but music to people in the house freedom caucus who want to see more done in terms of medicaid, one of the changes is allow medicaid states to grant the funding. important to the freedom caucus as well. change being made in terms of how medicaid is funded in new york. upstate new yorkers want the state to foot the bill rather than the counties. that's aimed at getting those folks to support the bill. my thinking on thursday is it's hard to imagine paul ryan will bring this to the floor without knowing he's going to pass this thing. 48 hours to go. imagine will be arm twisting and horse trading in the meantime but i think it's hard to think that we get to th

flynn, roger stone to name a few. do they have ties to russia and will they come back? get to cnn reporter nia-malika henderson. and -- and david axelrod. nia start with you. walk us through the changes made to the health care bill. who are they aimed at winning over and are more changes coming here? >> if you listen to president trump says more changes coming. in some ways not something that paul ryan necessarily wants to hear but music to people in the house freedom caucus who want to...

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of the ambassador who is often monitored, that'showflynngotcaught. >> it's always fun to go cherry picking, isn't it? >> it is. but that's not to say that president obama ordered wiretapping on trump tower. somehow they're twisting that -- >> that's what is going on all day long. picking out convenient information. and that's fine if you're an opinion host or columnist, it doesn't work in the news business. the broader problem here, what are we taught in grade school in the president is the most powerful person. there's a predisposition to trust the president. when we have a president who's this reckless on twitter, it breaks that normal mold. >> his words need to be precise. thank you. i appreciate it. brian salter to discuss this. >>> here to discuss all of this a former federal prosecutors for the whitewater investigation. investigator and john flannery. it's so good to have both of you on this evening. the fbi director was incredulous, when he heard president trump's unsubstantiated allegations against president obama. james clapper says it's not true. michael hayden, th

of the ambassador who is often monitored, that's how flynn got caught. >> it's always fun to go cherry picking, isn't it? >> it is. but that's not to say that president obama ordered wiretapping on trump tower. somehow they're twisting that -- >> that's what is going on all day long. picking out convenient information. and that's fine if you're an opinion host or columnist, it doesn't work in the news business. the broader problem here, what are we taught in grade school in...

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stone, adviser to donald trump, paul man fort, adviser to donald trump,michaelflynn, nationalsecurity adviser to donald trump. carter page, adviser to donald trump. but the cloud of deep suspicion in russian entangle meant extends the those still in power. rex tillerson. michael caputo, jeff sessions attorney general for donald trump, and members of the trump family itself. this matters. it's serious. our battleships weren't sunk and our towers didn't collapse a la 2011. but no mistake, 2016 is are year we should mark on our calendars. and it's still going on. the attack didn't end on election day. and will continue, as you have suggest, unless we, all of us in this room, stop it. a admiral rogers you have proudly worn that uniform your entire career. i am proud of your service and grateful for it. but i would ask you, sir, not even with respect to this specific investigation, to use your own words as someone who no doubt has been in theater, who has lost brothers and sisters in combat, to explain to me, but more importantly, to the american people. don't' assume they know th

stone, adviser to donald trump, paul man fort, adviser to donald trump, michael flynn, national security adviser to donald trump. carter page, adviser to donald trump. but the cloud of deep suspicion in russian entangle meant extends the those still in power. rex tillerson. michael caputo, jeff sessions attorney general for donald trump, and members of the trump family itself. this matters. it's serious. our battleships weren't sunk and our towers didn't collapse a la 2011. but no mistake,...

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news outlets," we'd be in the dark on a hell of a lot of things, and lieutenantgeneralflynnwouldstill be the national security adviceor. so give some credit where credit is due. >>> coming up, where the week ends without any support for the president's twitter rant alleging that president obama tapped his phones at trump tower, it's time to ask the question of pregnanter that response was part -- of whether that response was part of an ongoing diversionary m.o. >>> after arnold schwarzenegger tweeted me a compliment about things that i said on cnn, he invited me to his california home this week for a cigar and a political discussion. what got picked up by the press i think says a lot about our national discourse and not in a good way. i want to tell you about it. here's to the wildcats 'til we die... this i gotta try bendy... spendy weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break direct at hilton.com and join the weekenders. [ rock music playing ] have fun with your replaced windows. run away! [ grunts ] leave him! leave him! [ m

news outlets," we'd be in the dark on a hell of a lot of things, and lieutenant general flynn would still be the national security adviceor. so give some credit where credit is due. >>> coming up, where the week ends without any support for the president's twitter rant alleging that president obama tapped his phones at trump tower, it's time to ask the question of pregnanter that response was part -- of whether that response was part of an ongoing diversionary m.o. >>>...

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knowmikeflynnwassurveilled, he was wiretapped. >> no, he wasn't. the russian ambassador was. they picked up flynn on a conversation, and we don't know that happened in trump tower. very different. >> at which point they should have minimized their surveillance of mike flynn unless they had evidence -- >> we don't know they didn't. >> i think the burden is on the intelligence community, what was the crime? why did you tribe the conversation of an american citizen that was potentially at trump tower. >> we don't know that. >> you know who could clear this up right now in five minutes? the president. he could call the intelligence agencies. tucker carlson pressed him on that last night. listen. >> you're in charge of the agencies, every intelligence agency reports to you. why not immediately go to them and gather evidence to support that? >> because i don't want to do anything that's going to violate any strength of an agency. we have enough problems. >> that argument, van zwroens, i don't want to hurt the agencies that i have spent the better part of my almost two months in of

know mike flynn was surveilled, he was wiretapped. >> no, he wasn't. the russian ambassador was. they picked up flynn on a conversation, and we don't know that happened in trump tower. very different. >> at which point they should have minimized their surveillance of mike flynn unless they had evidence -- >> we don't know they didn't. >> i think the burden is on the intelligence community, what was the crime? why did you tribe the conversation of an american citizen...

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merer in andmichaelflynnalsosat down with the ambassador at a previously undisclosed meeting at trump tower in december. now republicans are saying it's time for bhiswhite house offici to tell all. >> i think everybody ooh who's had any contact with the russians need to be in the practice of oversharing. >> reporter: the president pushed back about his campaign's contacts with the russians. >> i have nothing to do with it, nothing to do with russia. >> reporter: fighting back tweeting this photo of vladimir putin and chuck schumer from 2003 calling the new york democrat a total hypocrite. schumer responded he's willing to talk about his contact with putin under oath. asking the president would you and your team? >> i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> reporter: democrats warn jeff sessions' recusal from the russian investigation may only be the beginning. >> a recusal is an admission that something was wrong. >> jim, the president has responded today. what did he say? >> reporter: that's right. he's pointing out there are other people in was

merer in and michael flynn also sat down with the ambassador at a previously undisclosed meeting at trump tower in december. now republicans are saying it's time for bhiswhite house offici to tell all. >> i think everybody ooh who's had any contact with the russians need to be in the practice of oversharing. >> reporter: the president pushed back about his campaign's contacts with the russians. >> i have nothing to do with it, nothing to do with russia. >> reporter:...

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, national security advisormichaelflynnspokeon the phone with russian ambassador kislayak. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or impose a censure against russia. >> but that turned out not to be true. flynn specifically spoke about the sanctions. but flynn wasn't the only one. trump associates also held meetings with the russian ambassador. then senator jeff sessions was one of them, but appearing before his hearing on confirmation, when asked about this. >> i did not have communications with the russians. and i'm unable to comment on it. >> but after taking office, sessions now attorney general, admitted that he too as a senator met with kislayak twice during the campaign, but he said it was in his capacity as a senator, not a member of the trump campaign. sessions decided to recuse himself from any investigation . amidst all this, the president himself took to twitter, making this shock claim. quote, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during this very sacred election process. this is nixon/watergate. bad or

, national security advisor michael flynn spoke on the phone with russian ambassador kislayak. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or impose a censure against russia. >> but that turned out not to be true. flynn specifically spoke about the sanctions. but flynn wasn't the only one. trump associates also held meetings with the russian ambassador. then senator jeff sessions was one of them, but appearing before his hearing...

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campaign associates. as you know,michaelflynn, paulmanafort, roger stone and carter page, for their contacts with russians known to u.s. intelligence. all four have denied improper contacts. we learned one of the issues the fbi faces is communications between trump's associates and russians have stopped in recent months given the focus on russia. we've also been told some russians have changed communication method making surveillance more difficult. >> shimon, thank you for that great reporting, along with evan perez and pamela brown. in the middle of all of this, devin nunes running to the white house apparently steaming mad about what he had seen, what he says is information about the president that may have been incidentally collected. now his actions are fueling calls for an independent investigation from both democrats and republicans. listen to nunes. >> it concerned me enough to have the notify the president because it was him and his transition team that were involved in this. it's not fair for him not to know what's in these reports while the past administration and many ag

campaign associates. as you know, michael flynn, paul manafort, roger stone and carter page, for their contacts with russians known to u.s. intelligence. all four have denied improper contacts. we learned one of the issues the fbi faces is communications between trump's associates and russians have stopped in recent months given the focus on russia. we've also been told some russians have changed communication method making surveillance more difficult. >> shimon, thank you for that great...

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"the times," hired bymichaelflynnstartedgoing through these documents after the president's tweet, the wiretapping tweet. so i'm wondering if the white house thinks it's appropriate for national security officials to be conducting what's basically a political task, which is trying to find information but then validates something that the president has said. >> so, i've read the report and respectfully, i think your question assumes that the reporting is correct. >> it does. >> so i would just suggest to you that the letter that was submitted earlier to the ranking -- the chairman of the ranking members of the two committees, two intelligence committees on the hill, the reason that the white house has asked them to come up is to view information. and again, i don't want to get in front of that, as i've said before. we are not as obsessed with the process as much as the substance and i think our goal is to make sure that the ranking members of both committees as well as the chairman see the information that is important to this and worry about the outcome at the end. >> and th

"the times," hired by michael flynn started going through these documents after the president's tweet, the wiretapping tweet. so i'm wondering if the white house thinks it's appropriate for national security officials to be conducting what's basically a political task, which is trying to find information but then validates something that the president has said. >> so, i've read the report and respectfully, i think your question assumes that the reporting is correct. >> it...

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raised the issue of national security adviser,michaelflynn'slinkswith russia. you had the fair with the judges dismissing the muslim ban and saying we can't let, so-called judges to pursue this. the justice department saying, wait a minute, you have to act within the law. significantly, attorney general, jeff sessions, the head of the justice department, is under fire for his russian links and apparently, there is a big divide between him and justice department staff. so bharara is that there is wear going on between trump and the p judiciary. >>> we just saw mike pence saying, you have to rally behind this health care plan p. we need everyone on board. will they get it? >> right now, they are looking like they don't have many troops to go into battle. the trump administration is under fire for two sides, doctors, nurses, the chief medical officer for medicare, major hospitals o wwho are sayi they don't like this. they are joined by economists who say this will give $157 billion windfall to the richest while not ensuring coverage for the poor. there are those that say, this doesn't

raised the issue of national security adviser, michael flynn's links with russia. you had the fair with the judges dismissing the muslim ban and saying we can't let, so-called judges to pursue this. the justice department saying, wait a minute, you have to act within the law. significantly, attorney general, jeff sessions, the head of the justice department, is under fire for his russian links and apparently, there is a big divide between him and justice department staff. so bharara is that...